Finding Home - A Windrush Story

Alford Dalrymple Gardner is one of the few living passengers to have travelled on the Empire Windrush. Now published for the first time, this is his stirring life story. On 22nd June 1948, the Empire Windrush sailed from Kingston, Jamaica, to harbour at Tilbury Docks. It carried 1,027 passengers and two stowaways, and more than two thirds of them were West Indies nationals. Alford Dalrymple Gardner was among them. Alford''s story traverses both the uplifting highs and intolerant lows that West Indian migrants of his generation encountered upon travelling to Britain to forge out a life. From joining the British military during World War II to being forcibly deported back to Jamaica once it was won-only to come back to the UK when the government decided it needed him again-Alford witnessed milestone events of the 20th century that shaped the country he still lives in today. In the context of a supposedly ''post-Imperial'' Britain where the lives of West Indian migrants hang precariously on the whims of the Home Office, Alford''s heartening testimony is a celebration of those who endured hardships so that generations to come could call this place home.

Product details

• Authors: Alford Dalrymple Gardner, Alford Dalrymple Gardner, Howard Gardner
• Publisher: Jacaranda Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2023
• EAN: 9781914344220
• ISBN: 978-1-914344-22-0
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; FICTION / Historical / World War II, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, English, Jamaica, Leeds, Bradford, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gerontology, HISTORY / Social History, SPORTS & RECREATION / History, TRAVEL / Europe / Great Britain, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, TRAVEL / Caribbean & West Indies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), HISTORY / Military / Veterans, EDUCATION / Multicultural Education, SPORTS & RECREATION / Cricket, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / Later Years, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 21st Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Holidays (non-religious), 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Second World War, Migration, immigration & emigration, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Migration, immigration and emigration, History: specific events and topics, Mixed heritage / mixed race groups or people, Relating to Black British Caribbean people, Air forces and warfare, Society and culture: general, Social discrimination and equal treatment, Human rights, civil rights, Local and family history, nostalgia, Biography: historical, political and military, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Racism and racial discrimination, Relating to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) peoples, HISTORY / African American & Black, Relating to specific and significant cultural interests, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Multiracial Families, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / European Studies, Social Integration and assimilation, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, History / Caribbean & West Indies / Jamaica